ap test
although the narrator says "we had given him nothing" she later contradicts (opposes) this by suing the words
"his children" (giving him affection and membership in her family)
the description of the negro settlement acts as
a contracts to that go the ewells' property and lifestyle
the ramshackle surroundings of the cabin are stressed primarily through the use of
adjectives
"the alien set of action" most likely refers to
adult standards (jem is saying the same adult standards as of aunt alexandra)
the genariums bewildered people because the flowers were
an anomaly (peculiarity) given their setting
it can be inferred in the seventh paragraph (beginning "when he gave us our rifles") and the two paragraphs which follow it that
atticus understands boys with rifles; tho he doesn't like guns allowing his children to access guns acknowledges the fact that he understands those with guns
according to the first paragraph scout has been raised to believe that the most important criteria of judging a person are
behavior and effort
mr raymond realizes that people prefer to
believe unacceptable behavior is a result of drunkenness
the first paragraph presents the ewells as
beyond hope of help from any source (their problems are blamed on laziness ppl tried to help but they didn't receive it)
miss gates comments about jews are
biased
mr raymond tells scout and dill his deepest secret because
children tend to be more accepting than adults
scout's unfinished sentences "then you pretend... i didn't meant to be" reflects her
confusion between reality and her assumptions
the narrators musing in the last paragraph makes use of
conjecture (wondering) ; rhetorical question (does not expect the an answer); logic
the first two paragraph serves to
depict an alternation in the brother-sister relationship
in the paragraph beginning "but summer came.." scout says "i wash crushed" because...
dill would not be there to play with her "but summer was dill"
the tone of the first paragraph is one of (talking about how her father is older)
disappointment; it's obvious she wants to brag abt him "my father...(x10)" but he's older than her friends father
the first and third paragraphs tone is (swells lifestyle)
disparaging (little worth) (lack of effort to improve their life)
the sentence "it grew inward" in the fifth paragraph
explains the paradox in the previous sentence
the sentence beginning "come on round here" in relation to the first phrase of the next sentence seems (evil man; accepted reluctantly)
foreboding (anxiety) (evil man; accepted reluctantly shows signs of danger)
according to the narrator, the caste system in maycomb
generalized familial traits based on observations (older ppl lived side by side)
sinkfield is portrayed as all of the following except
generous
in the fourth paragraph "sinkfields maneauver" most likely refers to
getting the surveyors to designate his tavern as the county center
the first sentence implies that maycomb
has difficulty implementing enlightened concepts (the town has problem "as usual")
the syntax (arrangement of words) of the passage is remarkable for its numerous
incomplete sentences; ellipses (...); queries (question)
the implied purpose of the paragraph beginning "but there is..." is to
induce the jurors to treat tom robinson as an equal
in the paragraph beginning "we came to the street light" the narration is characterized by
introspection (observation of ones own mental and emotional processes)
given the content of the novel, the statement " over here we don't believe in persecuting anybody" is
ironic (sarcastic)
in the second paragraph, the phrase " a hundred years old in his knowledge" can best be interpreted to mean that little chuck little
is a rural child with extensive agricultural wisdom
in the sentence "with him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable" the second clause...
is anthetical (incompatible; polar) to the first clause
the narrators comment "i would never lead him home" implies that
is aware of the need to preserve mr arthur's dignity (pride) in public
in the last paragraph, the clause "i felt very old"
is contradicted by the narrators thoughts and actions in the paragraph
scout's comment "...by watching her i began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl" shows that scout
learned that cooking required some abilities
in the phrase "seizing an opportunity to make education dynamic" the narrators tone is
lightly humorous
"the modest accomplishment" made Scout "even more ashamed" becuase she felt that...
mentioning such a thing showed that there was little else atticus could do (most people could play harps so considering this as an accomplishment for atticus is embarassing)
in the paragraph which begins "which reminded me" in referring to mr raymond, the natrator employs a...
metaphor
the paragraph beginning "as if that were not enough..." contains a (n)
metaphor
all of the following are evident from cecil's report EXCEPT
miss gates is very critical of Cecil's report "very good cecil" shows how she's critical of his report"
in the second paragraph Jem's comment "fine folks; tribes"
mocks aunt alexandra POV
the sentence beginning "all the little man..." implies that
mr ewells sole point of superiority in life was his race
"he had to stoop" "accommodate" can be best defined as (boo to scout)
oblige (thankful)
the paragraph beginning "i'm no idealist" employs which rhetorical device(s)"
parallelism; ethical appeal; logical appeal; personal tone
francis' christmas wish list refers that he's
piggresh (self righteous/superior) most young boys couldn't request this
cecils query (question) in the second to last paragraph implies
prejudice
"unmitigated temerity" can be best be interpreted as
pure rashness
in the first sentence, the second clause serves primarily to ("atticus was nearly 50")
reflect the youthfulness of the narrator
in the paragraph beginning "the fact that i had" the effect of the last sentence "i stayed miserable for two days is to....
reveal the childlike quality of the narrators crush on dill
the purpose of the paragraphing beginning "nobody was quite sure" is to
reveal the total lack of interaction between the swells and the townspeople
the paragraph on maycombs history has a tone that is
satirical (mockery)
mr raymond's explanation of his behavior reveals his
self assurance and sensitivity
the last paragraph (when he and aunt alexander and scout were talking about dressing and her denying) of the passage serves to
soften atticus rejection of scout appeals
the phrase beginning "had miss maudie deigned" serves primarily to
stress the exacting standard of miss maudie
the paragraph beginning "one more thing" employs all of the following rhetorical devices EXCEPT
syllogism (instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn)
in context "dry" in the last sentence to the passage can be interpreted to mean
tedious (boring; dull)
miss maudie's response to scout's assertion that she is old reveals
testiness "i don't call 50 very old" ; sense of humor "hard to carry a wheel" ; acceptance of age (understands her limitations)
aunt alexander disapproval of scout is conveyed through
the narration
the paragraph "just at the door was enough" implies that
the narrator now understands boo (put herself in his shoes by the words of atticus)
it can be inferred from the first paragraph that "convincing the bus children more deeply that the town children got all the attention anyway"
the rural children felt inferior to the town children
the antecedent (preceding in time) for "their" at the end of third paragraph is
the witnesses
in the third paragraph the second and third sentence serves what purpose in the relation to the first sentence (how their father didn't do anything)
to elaborate; first sentence talks abt how their father siding do anything and how it was explained in the next paragraph)
in the sentence beginning "in the name of god, believe him..." the antecedent of "him" is
tom robinson
the primary purpose of the first four paragraphs is to
undermine any sympathy for, or belief in, the ewells and their testimony
the phrase "these attributes" in the sixth paragraph refers to all of the following except atticus"
willingness to play tackle with jem